Choices

Choice eleven: Lily

Friendship; it's something that's never been that important to me. I know I sound like a freak right but over the years I've realized that there are more important things in life.

I remember when I first got my letter to Hogwarts one of the things that scared me the most was not making friends. But I was wrong; that shouldn't have been what had worried me. You see, I did make friends. Three wonderful friends to tell the truth.

My first true friend in Hogwarts was Becki Cartwright. She, like me, was a muggleborn first in the family and had no idea what to expect. We spent the entire train ride together. She found herself in Ravenclaw, for the smart and me a Gryffindor, for the brave.

We were still friends though, the best. It was funny really, we had three subject lessons together; there was Charms, Transfiguration and History of Magic. We use to sit together in those lessons then we'd spend time in the library doing essays together, revising. It was fun.

She use to tease me about my brains, said I should have been a Raven with her but instead I'm a Gryff. People use to think we were sisters as well or maybe cousins. We both had long red hair; it was the same shade as well. My eyes are a bright green and hers were a duller green and we were the same build, so maybe that's why people thought that.

I use to spend every Friday night in the Ravenclaws common room. We use to sit and chat with Tanith and Abigail, Becki's two friends. I would spend the Friday's in her dorm room and she'd spend Saturday in mine. Becki was the best friend I ever had. She understood me because she was the same as me.

When we were thirteen she died. She was in a house fire her entire family were wiped out in the single event and that was it the end of my best friend.

My other two friends were Sapphire and Scarlett Bacio. They're Italian twins, they had the most beautiful blonde hair I've ever seen in my life. It was curly and long and just played with their tanned skin and their eyes; dark and big.

They were both Gryffindors, just like me and we had a great time together. They loved winding people up and I can still see the look on Black's face when they pulled a switch on him one Valentine's Day. It was so funny, I couldn't stop laughing.

But something happened over this summer I'm still not a hundred percent sure what it was that did happen. They were pureblooded witches I know that, they're mother was English and they're father Italian they worked in the ministry as liaisons to the two countries and well… they were attacked over the summer. By an evil wizard by the name of Voldemort.

Sapphire was killed and so was her mother. But Scarlett is still alive, though after the attack they moved back to Italy. I hear from her once a month and she's invited me over for Christmas. I can't wait to see her again.

But the thing is with her gone I've lost my only friends in Hogwarts, but like I said earlier friends haven't been an important thing for me. She since I got into Hogwarts schoolwork was always top of my list of things that had to be done that was why Becki and I got on so well. I have this need to prove myself worthy of Hogwarts.

I'm not all about work though; Scarlett and Sapphire made sure of that everyone needs to let they're hair down sometimes. But this year will be different; I'm nearly sixteen and it's time to get completely serious about work. After all, OWL's are this year.

I'm hoping to pass them all but before I can think about that, something else has happened. You see I have been made Prefect and I'm so happy it's something that I can share with Edmond and Clare. Something that muggles do as well, so it's a nice thing to be.

But unfortunately there's always two Prefects for each house from fifth year up, always a boy and a girl. I think I was the only one who they could pick for the girls now that Sapphire and Scarlett have gone.

There are two other girls my age in Gryffindor but they're both twits though. First there's Sammy she's like the class clown only she isn't funny, she just thinks she is. I've never met anybody like her before and here's hoping I never do again.

Then there's Holly, the only thing that she studies is guys, I swear if you ask her a question about any guy within five years older than us and of course our age she can tell you their family background, who they've dated, their best school subjects and their worst… and of course how good a kisser they are.

No contest really, but the guys… well that was always going to be a nightmare. You see the boys are losers, all four of them. They love to prank and they have a combined mental age of three possibly four.

I think that Tony would have been the best but he was murdered last summer between third and fourth year so that left only four options. Black, Lupin, Pettigrew and Potter. Thankfully Dumbledore went for Lupin I think he's the best out of the four. At least he knows where the library is and how to read.

So that's it Lupin and I have to work together and you know what the weird thing is, he's a great guy. I actually really like him. He reminds me of Sapphire, Scarlett and Becki rolled into one person. I know how is that possible but it is.

See Remus is really sarcastic and has this dry wit that is just like Sapphire; they have the same humour. It's almost scary really how much it's alike. Then he's a joker loves to prank people I've seen him start many pranks and then Potter and Black just follow through, it's quite funny actually just like Scarlett use to do, she'd start them and then Sapphire and I would follow through.

But the side of him that's similar to Becki is the fact that he keeps himself to himself, he only lets you see the side he thinks you want to see, and then there's the fact his favourite book is War and Peace which I still haven't gotten through, Becki would be rolling in her grave if she knew.

It's an odd thing you find friendship in the weirdest places and I thought Remus was going to be my weird friendship of the year but how wrong could I get. I found myself partnered up with Severus Snape in Potions and then on certain duties of the Prefects and I've discovered yet another friend.

It's one of these things friendships sometimes you chose to make friends like I did with the girls and other times it happened before you know it like with Severus and Remus, but I've made a choice I don't care who their other friends are they're mine now as well, and I'm sticking with the pair of them.

Thanks guys for the reviews, gotta say this story will be put on hold as I only have one more chapter pre-written and what with exams that means no post for a while

Annie yes Dumbledore will have to chose Head Boy and Girl so more decisions to make, never mind the fact he has to make these decisions every year, I'd hate that myself!

Avadne yeah at first this was only going to be MWPP with Lily thrown in every now and again but this has sorta become a mini MWPP fanfic and everyone else who would be there has been thrown in, so yeah.

LadyKay thanks for the review and as for the sequel to eleven years older I have one planned but what with Uni and my other stories it's a long way off but I'll put in my bio thing when I have it ready to post

Okay so this will probably be the last post before February because of exams so enjoy

Kris